mike carey

The greater risk is in not being prepared and taking the precautions to protect yourself, not in whether to trust your partner.

It can mean anything, what you suggested or something else. It could mean they want to discuss it rather than just present an answer. It can also mean that they want to have a serious discussion about themselves and you, what you expect and why, and do you understand the implication of whatever your initial preferences are. Even to tell you that the choices you make are about what affects your health, not what they offer, or do or don't do in their professional or private life. Or anything else.

Haha, that's not the image in your head. I've met you and that's a photo of you!

Facetime???

Public flirting? Again? Grin But to be serious for a moment more than I ever have been, anyone who can cook knew what you meant. We've all had that horrible realisation when what was supposed to be soup ends up being able to stand up by itself on a plate or on some toast, or when too much water turns the rice into a paste. Even if it is dried prawn flavoured paste.

Fair comment, but the potential in an ad, and the delivery are separate. Just as low expectations can be exceeded, great promise can end up with delivery that doesn't match it. I make no comment on the match between the two in this case.

No, it doesn't, and sometimes that 'first impression', isn't all that counts. Sometimes people will still open the ad, see that the name was a pun and not just see it as a name turned into a small crudity, but as a sign of a wit, an intelligence, even a depth that makes the escort more attractive, as someone who will engage on more than one level. Not every client wants that, but some value it.

Deep cleaning. Hmmm.

Disease names don't always accurately describe them, but we learn to live with them. In this case, as noted, sloths aren't the only animal affected, and midges are a vector (like mosquitos for other viruses), so neither is entirely accurate. Mpox was so-named for a variety of reasons, among them the tenuous links to monkeys, so moving on from the link to sloths is possible but not certain. If it does change, it will not be a US entity that changes it but the WHO.

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a serious topic here, and both the nature of the disease and its name are serious topics. We don't need to veer into fanciful names or reasons to change it, there is enough to discuss while staying on topic. We've removed a few posts that went too far. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Literally.

I hear what @BSR is saying. To me a little shrimp paste, also known as blacan in Malay, is good, anything more is far too much. It overpowers and has an incredible pungency that I find unpleasant. But to me that's similar to Vietnamese fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce and even anchovies (although for me anchovy fillets make a pizza), add a little to all sorts of dishes and it adds so much [good] to them. Dried shrimp would be a bit different, perhaps too big to blend into a dish and probably too strong to be the main event, but you can solve that by grinding them in a mortar and pestle. This article may help. Blachan: Transform Your Cooking with Intense Flavour KOOKSSECRETS.COM Discover the unique taste of Blachan, the pungent shrimp paste that transforms dishes with its intense flavour. But the thing is, whether you use them now or it takes 100 years to use what you have, they'll still be the same,

You've given yourself quite some latitude in you response.

Fact not factoid, if you travel due south from Detroit, the first other country you reach is Canada. (Windsor, to be precise.)

Projection?

And at the start of last century you were allies, but it seems there were some disagreements after that. The world appears to have righted itself now. But neither that nor inscrutable humour and manners is the topic of this thread, so we move on.

Perhaps you could have left it, others' opinions, even when they repeat things that have already been said in different words, can be helpful. Especially in this case, when coming from an Argentine. But your recommendation of the other view is still recorded here.

They are, and on the Argentine side you are in among them, winding between cascades on the paths. We did a jet boat trip from a bit downstream, worth it, but it adds to rather than creates the experience, and it may not even been an option now. The Brazilian side gives you a grand vista of them. Whatever you are able to see, it's an experience of a lifetime. But in reality, it's one of many, not the defining one.

It would seem he succeeded in casting himself off, the final stitch removed from whatever needle he was using. Casting off is a closure of sorts, a completion.

And throughly worth a visit.

@BSR I hope you enjoy Iguaçu, it was one of the highlights of my trip to that part of the world. It's worth going across the border to see it from both sides, but border formalities might make that impossible.

I had been about to object to the part about not rewriting menus, but I realised it was more nuanced than it had first appeared. Some of their menus are narrow and restricted, others are far broader, but each menu is a set of boundaries. Some boundaries can be pushed, others are set in granite. You may find a pizzeria that sells sushi, but don't count on it.

It was great to see you in April!

Some years ago, there was a brief discussion here comparing McDonald's with In and Out Burgers, with McDonald's coming off as the one with surly uninterested staff, tacky locations and a generally unattractive experience. Shortly after reading that, I was in one of their stores in the western suburbs of Sydney, not a prime area, immigrant and working class kids working there, and the US description was not what I saw. Clean, engaged staff, there was a line to order and it was shortly after they had begun to instal the automated ordering screens. A young staff member, South Sudanese at a guess, offered to walk me through the ordering process on one of the machines (I could have worked it out myself, but I let them show me). I selected 'table service' and another cheerful teenager brought me my meal. I've seen stores in the US that match the 'tired' description portrayed here back then, and more recently many newer ones with the cleaner decor that Australian stores have, and generally good service. Even table service at one in South San Francisco. A couple days ago I saw the video below, and when the last few comments here were posted, I thought it would be interesting to post it here. I had known that the McCafe concept was one that started here - we take our coffee seriously - but some of the other things the video shows came as something of a surprise. The narration is in an Australian accent and it reflects the views of someone here looking out rather than an overseas observer looking from afar, so you should allow for that in watching it.

You have the directness of Steven Draker, late of this parish. But similarities abound, and they are no indication of connection.